Synonyms: superficial
Definition: concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually
Usage: superficial similarities; a superficial mind; his thinking was superficial and fuzzy; superficial knowledge; the superficial report didn't give the true picture; only superficial differences
Similar words: seeming, apparent, ostensible
Definition: appearing as such but not necessarily so
Usage: for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent; the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies; the ostensible truth of their theories; his seeming honesty
Similar words: sciolistic, dilettante, dilettanteish, dilettantish
Definition: showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish
Usage: his dilettantish efforts at painting
Similar words: facile
Definition: arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
Usage: too facile a solution for so complex a problem
Similar words: glib
Definition: marked by lack of intellectual depth
Usage: glib generalizations; a glib response to a complex question
Similar words: looking, sounding
Definition: appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
Usage: left their clothes dirty looking; a most disagreeable looking character; angry-looking; liquid-looking; severe-looking policemen on noble horses; fine-sounding phrases; taken in by high-sounding talk
Similar words: shallow
Definition: lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
Usage: shallow people; his arguments seemed shallow and tedious
Similar words: skin-deep
Definition: penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep"
Synonyms: superficial, trivial
Definition: of little substance or significance
Usage: a few superficial editorial changes; only trivial objections
Similar words: insignificant, unimportant
Definition: devoid of importance, meaning, or force